Biotechs and the Future of the Industry: Firjan, Coppe Incubator and Servier event discusses the impact on Rio’s development
Planeta COPPE / Business Incubator / Innovation Ecosystem / News
Date: 27/08/2025

Firjan, in partnership with Coppe/UFRJ’s Business Incubator and Servier Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Brazil will hold the 13th edition of the “Firjan IEL Meet-Up” on September 10th, starting at 3:30 pm, at Casa Firjan (Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 211, Botafogo). This monthly series connects the various stakeholders of the innovation ecosystem in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The theme of this edition will be “Biotechs and the Future of Industry”.
More than just generating innovative solutions related to health, the environment and productive processes, biotechs are now strategic for the strengthening of regional competition and for the creation of new technology-based businesses. This movement has direct potential to boost Rio de Janeiro’s economy, consolidating the state as a hub for innovation, science and technology-based entrepreneurship.
The event seeks to bring together academia, researchers, startups and companies to debate sector opportunities and challenges in the sector, which is one of the drivers of the new economy. During the meeting, the following projects developed by the startups in Coppe’s Incubator will be presented in pitch format: Biobeads, Fly2Human, Gcell 3D, Germsure and NovaSynth.
Before the pitches, there will be quick presentations with Marcos Chaves, head of Coppe’s Business Incubator; Julia Zardo, Manager of Innovation Environments at Firjan; Noélly Mercer, Manager of the Firjan Sesi Health Reference Center; and Sandro Albuquerque, Director of Servier Brasil.
The initiative reinforces the importance of biotechnology for Rio de Janeiro’s economic and industrial development, in addition to encouraging connections that accelerate innovation in the state. The meeting shall be free of charge and hybrid, carried out at Casa Firjan at rua Guilhermina Guinle, 211, in Botafogo at 3:30 p.m. In order to check out the schedule and subscribe, access the event’s website.
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